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_Hague International Child Abduction Convention Statistics

Reported international Parental child Abductions from the US to Foreign Countries (2007-2009)

destination Countries

Number of reported abductions
2009 2008 2007

TOTAL
2007-2009
MEXICO 309 316 195 820
CANADA 74 57 39 170
THE UNITED KINGDOM 48 42 46 136
GERMANY 50 34 24 108
INDIA 34 35 24 93
JAPAN 23 37 17 77
BRAZIL 24 21 20 65
AUSTRALIA 18 18 18 54
COLOMBIA 23 17 13 53
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 16 25 6 47
THE PHILIPPINES 20 15 12 47
COSTA RICA 11 15 16 42
RUSSIA 16 14 8 38
ECUADOR 18 10 9 37
ISRAEL 14 12 8 34
JAMAICA 16 15 2 33
HONDURAS 18 9 5 32
PERU 10 14 8 32
JORDAN 12 11 9 32
NIGERIA 9 11 11 31
GUATEMALA 7 13 10 30
EGYPT 12 10 8 30
PAKISTAN 14 9 7 30
FRANCE 9 11 8 28
ARGENTINA 10 11 6 27
EL SALVADOR 13 10 4 27
ITALY 9 5 13 27
CHINA 9 12 5 26
CHANA 12 6 8 26
POLAND 14 8 2 24
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO* 9 7 8 24
TURKEY 4 9 9 22
LEBANON 6 10 6 22
SOUTH AFRICA 12 5 4 21
VENEZUELA 10 6 5 21
PANAMA 10 6 5 21
SPAIN 8 8 4 20
BAHAMAS 7 9 2 18
IRELAND 1 11 6 18
SOUTH KOREA 6 4 7 17
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 7 6 4 17
NETHERLANDS 4 6 6 16
SWEDEN 6 8 1 15
UKRAINE 2 7 6 15
KENYA 9 4 2 15
NEWZELAND 7 4 3 14
NORWAY 5 5 4 14
BELIZE 5 6 2 13
HAITI 5 4 4 13
MOROCCO 7 6 0 13
THAILAND* 4 8 1 13
BANGLADESH 5 2 5 12
SAUDI ARABIA 5 3 4 12
THE GAMBIA 74 57 39 170
SYRIA 5 6 0 11
BULGARIA 6 2 2 10
IRAN 5 5 0 10
TUNISIA 4 6 0 10
YEMEN 4 2 4 10
GREECE 5 0 4 9
SWITZERLAND 6 3 0 9
CHILE 4 1 4 9
CZECH REPUBLIC 3 3 2 8
ROMANIA 2 4 2 8
KUWAIT 0 5 3 8
NICARAGUA* 6 1 1 8
SENEGAL 2 3 3 8
SINGAPORE 3 2 3 8
AUSTRIA 4 3 0 7
BELGIUM 2 2 3 7
FINLAND 1 4 2 7
HUNGARY 3 2 2 7
MACEDONIA 3 3 1 7
BOLIVIA 3 4 0 7
ETHIOPIA 3 3 1 7
GUYANA 3 3 1 7
IRAQ 2 4 1 7
PORTUGAL 2 2 2 6
INDONESIA 4 1 1 6
SIERRA LEONE 4 1 1 6
TAIWAN 3 3 0 6
SLOVAKIA 2 3 0 5
URUGUA 3 0 2 5
BARBADOS 3 1 1 5
ZAMBIA 1 2 2 5
DENMARK 1 0 3 4
MALAYSIA 2 1 1 4
ST. LUCIA 0 1 3 4
UZBEKISTAN* 0 2 2 4
WEST BANK 1 0 3 4
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 1 1 1 3
SERBIA 0 2 1 3
ZIMBABWE 0 1 2 3
ALGERIA 1 2 0 3
CAMBODIA 1 2 0 3
GUINEA 1 1 1 3
MALI 0 1 2 3
SUDAN 0 0 3 3
CYPRUS 1 0 1 2
ESTONIA 1 1 0 2
ICELAND 1 1 0 2
ARMENIA* 0 1 1 2
BELARUS* 1 1 0 2
CAMEROON 0 0 2 2
DOMINICA 0 1 1 2
GRENADA 0 2 0 2
LIBERIA 0 1 1 2
MALAWI 0 1 1 2
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 1 1 0 2
ST. MAARTEN 0 1 1 2
TONGA 0 0 2 2
UGANDA 0 0 2 0
MALTA 0 0 1 1
SRI LANKA 0 1 0 1
ST. KITTS & NEVIS 0 0 1 1
ALBANIA* 0 1 0 1
BAHRAIN 0 0 1 1
BURMA 0 0 1 1
CONGO 0 0 1 1
COTE D'IVOIRE 0 _*(Above data are derived from the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues’s Congressional reports on compliance by treaty partner countries with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction (Hague Abduction Convention). )

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